Tampa Bay Lightning sign Jake Guentzel to 7-year 63M contract
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed coveted winger Jake Guentzel 29 to a seven-year 63 million contract giving them another prized goal scorer
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Winger Jake Guentzel has signed a seven-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning that carries an average annual value of $9 million per season, the team announced Monday.
The Lightning acquired the rights to Guentzel from the Carolina Hurricanes earlier Sunday in exchange for a 2025 third-round draft pick. That gave Tampa Bay an exclusive negotiating window with Guentzel ahead of Monday's unrestricted free agent market opening.
Guentzel, 29, is a four-time 30-goal scorer, including 30 goals in 67 games between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Hurricanes last season. He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2017.
"Things just didn't work out in Carolina, and then I heard Tampa might be trading for my rights, so obviously I got really excited because everyone hears how good of a team and good of a spot this is," Guentzel said. "The pedigree behind Tampa Bay, the winning culture -- just a lot of high-end players that really make it intriguing to come to Tampa."
The Lightning opened up significant salary cap space on Saturday at the NHL draft, sending defenseman Mikhail Sergachev ($8.5 million average annual value) to Utah and forward Tanner Jeannot ($2.665 million AAV) to the Los Angeles Kings.
Many speculated those moves were made in order to re-sign captain Steven Stamkos, who joined the Nashville Predators as an unrestricted free agent on Monday. But GM Julien BriseBois told ESPN that he didn't increase his offer to Stamkos following those trades, and that both the player and the team expected he would test free agency.
"It's in the best interest of our organization to explore all options in the coming days, whether it be via trades or by getting into free agency," BriseBois said. "We have this cap space. We can allocate it in different ways by either getting volume or quality. I don't know yet how we're going to do that. I know the priority is going to be to address our forward group."
Guentzel is four years younger than Stamkos and could slide into his old spot on left wing with center Brayden Point and right wing Nikita Kucherov.
Guentzel was one of the most highly coveted forwards on the free agent market heading into the offseason. With his arrival in Tampa, that honor might now be bestowed on Stamkos.
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